Milton and Galileo: Affinities between art and science - Making Science Public

I don’t know much about John Milton and Galileo Galilei. However, I have stood beside Milton’s Mulberry tree at Christ’s College, Cambridge and beside Galileo’s chair and lectern at the University of Padua – and felt some affinity with the poet and the scientist. I didn’t know though that there was actually a connection between Milton

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Encounter between literature and science: Galileo's impact on Milton - Nick Ceramella, 2015

Encounter between literature and science: Galileo's impact on Milton - Nick Ceramella, 2015

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MILTON VISITING GALILEO. John Milton visiting Galileo

Encounter between literature and science: Galileo's impact on Milton - Nick Ceramella, 2015

Encounter between literature and science: Galileo's impact on Milton - Nick Ceramella, 2015

Milton in the observatory of Galileo looking through a telescope. News Photo - Getty Images